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Late Spring Snowstorm Tapers in Colorado After Dumping Over 2 Feet in the Mountains

A hard freeze tonight will be followed by a quick warmup that offers little drought relief.

Water cascades down a snow-covered Boulder Creek amid the worst drought in Colorado’s history in Nederland, Colorado, on May 5, 2026.
Semitrucks line up in the eastbound land on I-70, which was closed due to extreme winter driving conditons, in Silverthorne, Colorado on December 22, 2022. - More than 2,200 flights were canceled across the United States by Thursday afternoon as a massive winter storm named Elliot upended holiday travel plans with a triple threat of heavy snow, howling winds and bitter cold. (Photo by Jason Connolly / AFP) (Photo by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images) Semitrucks line up in the eastbound land on I-70, which was closed due to extreme winter driving conditons, in Silverthorne, Colorado on December 22, 2022. - More than 2,200 flights were canceled across the United States by Thursday afternoon as a massive winter storm named Elliot upended holiday travel plans with a triple threat of heavy snow, howling winds and bitter cold. (Photo by Jason Connolly / AFP) (Photo by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images)
Rain and mountain snow sticking around for one more day, cool and windy afternoon ahead

Overview

  • The storm, which intensified Tuesday night, shut schools across the Front Range and made Wednesday’s commute slick and slushy.
  • Snow totals swung widely, with about 28 inches reported in Estes Park while many Denver neighborhoods saw roughly 4 to 8 inches and the airport measured around 4 to 6.
  • Heavy, wet snow broke branches and downed some lines, and thousands lost power early Wednesday according to outage trackers and local officials.
  • Xcel Energy put crews on standby and CDOT ran about 100 plows after skipping road pre‑treatment due to the recent warm spell that would have washed treatments away.
  • Conditions are easing this afternoon, with freeze warnings in place overnight into Thursday and forecasters noting the moisture will not change a mostly bleak summer drought outlook.